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Re:Google Hits 50% IPv6 by inigyou on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:05AM (#48617766)
They used to recommend using the MAC address. This was ok 30 years ago when a computer sat in an office on a desk but it makes it very easy to fingerprint a moving computer as it moves across different networks.

Using a random address (Privacy Extensions) solves this problem though, but do we expect everyone to know what that is and check it's enabled? Mine wasn't enabled by default (on Linux) and I only noticed when a bittorrent site warned me.

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Re:Google Hits 50% IPv6 by throw0101a on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:18AM (#48617863)
As mentioned by GP, Apple enables privacy extensions on all their OSes:

* https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/security/seccb625dcd9/...

As does Windows (since Vista), and Android (8+).

So why are we still talking about this?

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Re:Google Hits 50% IPv6 by frantathefranta on Sunday June 21, 2026 @10:44AM (#48619404)
Could you publicly shame the distro that had that issue? Pretty sure it should be the default (on NixOS at least it is).
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Re:Google Hits 50% IPv6 by doubled112 on Sunday June 21, 2026 @12:41PM (#48620343)
Fedora doesn’t enable privacy extensions by default, if I recall correctly.
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Re:Google Hits 50% IPv6 by throw0101a on Sunday June 21, 2026 @02:42PM (#48621441)
Debian does.
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